Mercatino di Porta Pia a Roma (DISCONTINUED)

Every second Sunday of the month, from 10 am until sunset, the Piazzale di Porta Pia (in the district Salario) hosted an antiques and collectors market. Located between Via Nomentana and Corso Italy, the Porta Pia antiques flea market (Mercatino di Porta Pia) became a point of reference for many local and international flea market enthusiasts and avid collectors, eager to enrich their private collections.

Strolling between over 60 booths, visitors of the Mercatino di Porta Pia were able to find furniture, second-hand clothing, small antiques, old books, prints, vintage comics, and other items with a retro local flavor. The Mercatino di Porta Pia was a famous destination for locals looking for a spot to relax and unwind in the morning, before the festive aperitif or as an after lunch walk just before the afternoon coffee.

A true dyed-in-the-wool flea market hunter, Ashley has never been afraid to dig her hands into old dusty boxes full of spider webs, to search for lost treasures. At age 6 she was already spending hours in her grand parents' attic digging into old stuff, and when she turned 10, she organized her first garage sale in her neighborhood. She is an avid reader (old books, even better) and loves to write about her finds at the flea market, and her favorite vintage venues.
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Leah Dauramanzi

When it comes to shopping, Rome offers many possibilities: Italy’s capital city has boutique shops streets where you will find luxury brand clothing made in Italy. There are also factory stock outlets in the surburb of the city where you can get cheap designer clothes due to 30-70% discount. For instance, the most prestigious designer shops In Rome are located on Piazza di Spagna and surrounding streets. And a good place to buy designer labels at a discount in Rome is Castel Romano Designer Outlet (link:http://tinyurl.com/k2zd7e8) located in Pomezia which is 30 km south from Rome Italy.

Also remember that in Rome, there are also many specialized workshops where you can buy or order a fur coat at the best prices in Italy. But if you really want to go to the temple of fashion, consider a trip to Milan and Florence :)

Ciao Vittorio, you’re absolutely right! Subway directions are a must when it comes to finding the nearest subway/bus/tramway stop to a flea market. As a matter of facts, this is something we will slowly be adding to all our flea market reviews around the world (with more than 150 entries, this will take a bit of time though…). In the meantime, please feel free to use our other website http://www.fleamapket.com to help you spot the nearest subway station to the flea markets of your choice.

At the end of each listing, you will find a little box with 4 tabs: Contact Details, Opening Times, Send to a Friend, Get Directions. “Get Directions” helps you figure out how to get to each venue by public transportation, car, walking or bicycle :)

Hi Carole, sorry to hear about this :( When did you visit the Borgo Parioli Mercatino? As you know, this flea market only runs three times a month. I’ve checked once again on other resources online (in Italian) and all of them indicate that this market is located on Via Metauro, 24, 00198 Roma, Italy.

I’ll ask friends in Rome if they know if the Borgo Parioli flea market has been discontinued or not.

Laura Hawk

These market lists are either are not accurate or are not updated. Went to Porta Portese and Via Sannio markets in Rome. THEY ALL SELL THE SAME CHEAP CRAP THAT’S SOLD AT MARKETS ALL OVER EUROPE!!! It takes quite a bit of effort to plan your day around these markets and to walk, sometimes for miles and miles, to get there. UPDATE YOUR LISTS FLEAMARKETINSIDERS.

Dear Laura, we’re sorry to hear about your bad shopping experience in Rome.The editorial team of fleamarketinsiders prides itself in providing accurate information when it comes to flea markets. However, we always recommend to double check that information with another source.

Porta Portese and Via Sannio are actually the only two markets of this list (together with the Campo de’ Fiori) which are not Antiques Market. Both Porta Portese and Via Sannio sell second-hand items and knock-off products. Porta Portese nonetheless, has a few booth selling antiques (as far as we remember). The best flea markets to go antiques shopping in Roma, are those labeled “(ANTIQUES MARKET)”.

We hope this information will be useful to you for your next trip to Roma.

Catherine Schultz

Hi Catherine, La Soffitta sotto i Portici is a tiny gem in Rome located under the arcades of Piazza Augusto Imperatore (which are worth the trip on their own). This flea market hosts over 60 stands selling all kind of vintage merchandises, antique jewelry, furniture, artwork and other collectibles & modern-day objects. Here is a little review of this flea market: https://www.fleamapket.com/listing/la-soffitta-sotto-i-portici/

La Soffitta sotto i Portici is held every Sunday (except during August) from 9am-7pm, and has become in the past couple of years a point of reference for collectors who are looking for vintage items. Entrance is free of charge. Address: Piazza Augusto Imperatore, San Carlo al Corso (Rome).

As always with flea markets, always check their date of operations. In the case of La Soffitta sotto i Portici, some say it operates on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, other every Sunday. The flea market’s facebook page mentions that La Soffitta sotto i Portici runs every Sunday of the year (except in August).

Jenny payne

Yes they are great but you need a good eye if you want to buy as it is so big and lots the same but you can get a bargain ( a great pair of leather Italian shoes €25) I’m in fashion in Australia so know what’s good or not. The. Just wonder down to Trastevere that was alive and exciting

Nilufer Akpinar Sahin

Hello there! Do you have any recommendations on where I could shop for antique/vintage bottles in Rome? If not the flea markets (because unfortunately I will be in Rome only Monday – Thursday but not on Sunday :( ), is there a specific neighborhood / area where there are vintage shops selling old glass bottles? Thanks!

It would be great if there were a site where you could enter your dates that you would be in that city and it will indicate which fle markets are taking place at that time. IT is crazy that you have to pay to get this information.

Hi Sandra, there are indeed a couple of websites that let you input a specific date and location, and show you flea markets taking place near there on that day. However, these websites are exclusively covering specific regions (France, Italy, Denmark, etc), are often not available in English, and only provide a succinct description of the venue. The reason we decided to offer our calendar on fleamapket.com as a premium feature, is to cover the cost of researching accurate content (travelling to the location or researching it and sometimes translating it from French, German, Spanish or Italian), writing it, and keeping it up to date. In fact, every dollar earned through our premium subscription is integrally re-invested in fleamapket.com (minus taxes) so we can continue adding new venues and events to our calendar. Last but not least, fleamapket.com is one of not-so-many websites which isn’t financed through advertising. So no ads there :) We hope you’ll continue enjoying the free version of fleamapket.com